wires broken after Air con belt snapped

[cytefx]

HI,

after getting my new 993 at the weekend (1998, so one of the last ) the aircon belt that runs the compressor had broken just before I picked the car up, we got a new belt fitted but there are two wires that connect up to the compressor (they go to the clutch I think) they seam to of been snapped when the belt broke. (this was only noticed after I had driven the vehicle away)

They are now very short and I am looking at repairing them myself (soldering iron etc) but I can not tell which is the earth lead, does anyone have any photos of this area so I can calculate which is the earth lead?

Is this normal for these wires to be broken when the belt on the compressor goes?

thanks

John

[The Griffalo]

Unless anyone knows better you should be able to tell which is earth by putting as multimeter to ground and each of the wires in turn.

[cytefx]

Sorry, should of explained better, I can tell from the loom side which is earth, as one of the wires is secured to the engine with a screw, its the two wires from the compressor that I need to figure out the polarity.

[Agent Orange]

U ve got off fairly lightly , my fan belt went or maybe tooth sheared on actual fan first.............this took out knock sensor wires , never understood why and how it all started, maybe tooth was corroding from something pre my ownership ..............the belt letting go also buckled the pulley wheel [2 components]...........

[phelix]

On my 993tt there's only one external wire going to the compressor. It's clamped to the compressor body via a metal clip. The earth supply to the compressor clutch is a short wire that goes to the body of the compressor. Sounds like both wires have broken very near to the clutch?

[cytefx]

yep thats it, trying to work out which wire is which.